All eyes in retail are on Amazon this Monday, and not just for good reasons. The world’s largest e-commerce company kicked off its annual Prime Day sale today with a series of glitches that plagued its site and mobile app for over an hour in the US, based on visits from CNET staff and a …
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Quick reminder: You’ll be receiving two Cheapskate newsletters from me today — the one you’re reading right now and the one that comes when Amazon Prime Day kicks off at noon PT (3 p.m. ET). Speaking of which, make sure you know how to determine if that Prime Day deal is really a deal. Right now I’m a big fan …
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At $700, the Essential Phone didn’t make sense. At $500, it was worth a look, for the right person. But today, for Amazon Prime Day, the Essential Phone is just $250 — and that’s an incredible deal. See the Essential Phone at Amazon ($250) We’re talking about a phone with issues, yes — read my five-months-later-review — but also an unlocked …
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Prime Day deals have officially come Whole Foods, as Amazon’s annual discount marathon has expanded to physical grocery aisles and Amazon’s own online grocery offerings. Amazon and Whole Foods Market on Tuesday said that Prime members will get a $10 account credit on Amazon for Prime Day when they spend $10 at Whole Foods Market from July 11 through July …
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I love the Galaxy S9, I really do. But there are some things Samsung needs to change about this top-scoring, top-performing phone, and if we don’t see them in the upcoming Galaxy Note 9, I hope Samsung will have fine-tuned its software by the time we get to the Galaxy S10, SX, or whatever Samsung will wind up calling 2019’s midyear …
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Bluetooth speakers have become totally commoditized, but if you want good sound quality and durability you need to still pay up. Except for today: Amazon is offering the awesome UE Wonderboom for just $50. This softball-sized Bluetooth speaker delivers great sound for its size, and it’s not only waterproof — it floats. Normally $99, it’s been widely discounted for the past …
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First things first: My apologies for the confusion regarding yesterday’s bonus deal, the TechVilla Wing 1 portable speaker for $7.99. I make it a point to test every promo code before publishing a deal, but that one, well, it slipped through the cracks. The code worked, but only deducted $7.99 rather than providing a $7.99 final price. The speaker is …
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Cheeps! In case you’ve been living under a rock at the bottom of the ocean on a different planet, Amazon Prime Day is coming. As you might expect, I’m all over that bad boy, starting with a look at Prime Day deals you can get right now and a sneak peek at what’s coming. What’s more, Cheapskate newsletter subscribers can …
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Hey Siri, make friends with my Sonos sound system. Sonos has become the first third-party company to support the Apple AirPlay 2 standard, which offers multi-room playback and lets you speak to Siri through a separate device. Sonos has announced that its One, Play:5, Playbase and the recently released Beam now support Apple’s standard. This follows the company demonstrating Siri and Alexa working …
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Walmart will start a grocery delivery service in the Big Apple. The company’s Jet.com unit will offer same-day grocery deliveries in New York City, the company said Tuesday. Jet will open an e-commerce center in the Bronx in the third quarter. “We are excited to bring 100’s of jobs to the greater New York City area through the opening of …
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